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that's 22% higher than a year ago. and oh, my gosh, are we headed for a fifth straight trillion-dollar deficit? former cbo director douglas holtz ekan to break down the numbers for us. >>> returning after a seven-week recess, with republicans licking their wounds from last week's selection, joining us tonight is a superstar winner from texas, that being senator-elect ted cruz. he, by the way, will become the first hispanic senator from texas, and he's also the new vice chair of the national republican senatorial committee. senator cruz has a nice feel to it. that's the terminology i'm going to use. i want to ask you about president obama's news conference. i don't know if you saw it or not. it kind of sounded to a lot of people like top tax rates, the bush tax rates must go up in order to avoid the fiscal cliff. did you hear any compromise? did you hear any olive branches? >> well, i think the language the president is using remains confrontational. he seems obsessed with raising taxes. and i think if he continues on t
that's 22% higher than a year ago. and oh, my gosh, are we headed for a fifth straight trillion-dollar deficit? former cbo director douglas holtz ekan to break down the numbers for us. >>> returning after a seven-week recess, with republicans licking their wounds from last week's selection, joining us tonight is a superstar winner from texas, that being senator-elect ted cruz. he, by the way, will become the first hispanic senator from texas, and he's also the new vice chair of the...
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reid: i ask consent that the mandatory quorum require under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 419. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada moves to proceed to calendar number 419, s. 3525, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the department of defense, for military construction and for defense activities of the department of energy to proscribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: we're going to complete work on this bill; that is, the one that we had the -- prior to the clerk announcing the defense authorization bill. we're going to complete the work on the sportsmen's bill before we go home for thanksgiving. people are going to have an opportunity to vote for that bill, either for or against it. and -- as i indicated, it's a widely popular bill. and if
reid: i ask consent that the mandatory quorum require under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 419. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada moves to proceed to calendar number 419, s. 3525, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the department of defense, for military construction and for defense...
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now he tells "the wall street journal" he'll do whatever it takes to get a deal. i'd be willing to pay the ransom if e we thought we were going to get the hostage out. but the hostage is what? entitlement spending. mcconnell's intention, he's willing to agree to a dollar of new taxes for every dollar in cuts. what a difference an election makes. >> i'm going to ask a question on the stage. they seau had a real spending cuts deal, 10 to 1. spending cuts to tax increases. spooker, you're already shaking your head. but who on this stage would walk away from that deal? would you raise your hand about not raising taxes. >> remember in 2011 republicans would not take a 10 to 1 tax cut deal? now today mitch mcconnell is willing to do a 1 to 1 deal. republicans lost all of their leverage in this election. they made a big gamble and came up empty handed. in 2011 president obama was cutting deals with john boehner on the golf course. it was very favorable for the republicans. the president agreed to more than $1.2 trillion in cuts, benefit reductions of social security, rai
now he tells "the wall street journal" he'll do whatever it takes to get a deal. i'd be willing to pay the ransom if e we thought we were going to get the hostage out. but the hostage is what? entitlement spending. mcconnell's intention, he's willing to agree to a dollar of new taxes for every dollar in cuts. what a difference an election makes. >> i'm going to ask a question on the stage. they seau had a real spending cuts deal, 10 to 1. spending cuts to tax increases. spooker,...
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akaka has been first for nearly 22 years. as somebody points out todd akin had he won would have been ahead of alexander on that front but, alas, he did not. i look at her, and i just want to give her everything. yeah, you -- you know, everything can cost upwards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words, dad -- e-trade financial consultants. so i can just go talk to 'em? just walk right in and talk to 'em. dude, those guys are pros. they'll hook you up with a solid plan. they'll -- wa-- wa-- wait a minute. bobby? bobby! what are you doing, man? i'm speed dating! [ male announcer ] get investing advice for your family at e-trade. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing . . >>> let's bring back the panel. all right, i want to talk about, stephanie
akaka has been first for nearly 22 years. as somebody points out todd akin had he won would have been ahead of alexander on that front but, alas, he did not. i look at her, and i just want to give her everything. yeah, you -- you know, everything can cost upwards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words, dad -- e-trade financial consultants. so i can just go talk to 'em? just walk right in and talk to 'em. dude, those guys...
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to even have that conversation was absolutely taboo for the last 22 years. you have republicans talking openly like sean hannity about comprehensive immigration reform. republicans were buking mitt romney over his explanation of defeat saying obama showered gifts on constituency groups. i think that's more than rhetorical. that might be a recognition on the part of republicans that that kind of language has defined their he policies too much for the last four years. we'll see if there's a shift there. i think the ground has changed a lot in the last ten days. >> well, i'm, you know, here in d.c. guys in our nation's capital. i was walking around earlier, and the sun is shining, birding are chirping, democrats and republicans walking arm in arm on the mall together. >> that's not happening. >> that didn't happen. >> i think i saw john boehner and nancy pelosi sharing a rootbeer float out of the same straw at johnny half shell. it's the dawn of a new era. i'm positive about it. >> a lot of important things happened this week. i wasn't totally shocked by any of
to even have that conversation was absolutely taboo for the last 22 years. you have republicans talking openly like sean hannity about comprehensive immigration reform. republicans were buking mitt romney over his explanation of defeat saying obama showered gifts on constituency groups. i think that's more than rhetorical. that might be a recognition on the part of republicans that that kind of language has defined their he policies too much for the last four years. we'll see if there's a shift...
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house speaker john boehner was easily re-elected to the post on wednesday with the exception of one vote, texas congressman nominated former speaker newt gingrich. it would have been perfectly legal but no one seconded the nomination. his fellow texan congressman ron paul gave part one of the farewell speech as he prepares to retire at year's end. >> sadly, many religious groups, secular organizations and psychopathic authoritarians endorse government initiated force to change the world. >> national journal reports wisconsin congressman and former vp hopeful paul ryan will remain house budget committee chairman after being granted a gop waiver to avoid being term limited out of that spot. >>> senate majority leader harry reid lashed out at massachusetts senator scott brown mocking brown's calls for bipartisanship as a joke, describing brown as one of the most partisan senators ever to serve. >>> we now know which political office may be sought by another member of the bush family, george p. bush. his father, former florida governor jeb bush, confirms in a letter to potential donors that
house speaker john boehner was easily re-elected to the post on wednesday with the exception of one vote, texas congressman nominated former speaker newt gingrich. it would have been perfectly legal but no one seconded the nomination. his fellow texan congressman ron paul gave part one of the farewell speech as he prepares to retire at year's end. >> sadly, many religious groups, secular organizations and psychopathic authoritarians endorse government initiated force to change the world....
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if we can pass pmtr we will double that to $22 billion by 2017. mr. speaker, it's a very, very important vote. we need to make sure it's successful this week and i'm gratified that it's going to be done in a bipartisan way. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from tennessee seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlelady ask for unanimous consent? mrs. blackburn: yes, sir, i do. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. blackburn: a little later the house will vote on the european union prohibition act, and this is a bill that's important to our civilian and civil aviation operators, and it would block them from participating in the european union emission trading scheme. now the reason this is important is because of this. according to bloomberg news, the inconcurrent resolution of the airline industry in the e.u.'s 2005 cap and trade program will cause u.s. airline compa
if we can pass pmtr we will double that to $22 billion by 2017. mr. speaker, it's a very, very important vote. we need to make sure it's successful this week and i'm gratified that it's going to be done in a bipartisan way. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from tennessee seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlelady ask...
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>> well, it's not clear what john boehner is saying. what he said the other day was heard differently by different people. if he is finally willing to say we need to take a balanced approach to long-term deficit through a mix of cuts and revenue. if you don't ask folks at the high end to pitch in more, you hit everybody else harder. so if he's willing to finally say okay very wealthy or higher income individuals need to pitch in more to reduce our deficit, in a real way, we can make progress. it would be great if he put his plan out on the table which is what the president's done. then we could see how meaningful it was. what's the best likelihood this will be resolved in some meaningful way before the physical clal cliff takes affect or you'll get some things done and kick it down the road another six months or a year to give yourselves more time to work on the bigger issues? >> when it comes to this sequester, i think there's a chance we could at least come up with an alternative set of savings. i would hope to carry us through the re
>> well, it's not clear what john boehner is saying. what he said the other day was heard differently by different people. if he is finally willing to say we need to take a balanced approach to long-term deficit through a mix of cuts and revenue. if you don't ask folks at the high end to pitch in more, you hit everybody else harder. so if he's willing to finally say okay very wealthy or higher income individuals need to pitch in more to reduce our deficit, in a real way, we can make...
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bush won 22% more of the vote in 2004 than he won in 2000 in part by upping, not entirely but the hispanic vote went up 10% or 30% based on his base. he was someone who spoke. he didn't get 27% which is what romney got. obviously if romney had got ebb 40% of the hispanic vote he would have won the election. >> and pigs would have begun flying. >> eight years earlier, it's not some miracle or mystery how. he liked them. he spoke spanish. talked about comprehensive immigration reform. he was not hostile. he was not ugly spirited. and he was somebody who had a record in previous -- in his governorship of being open and inclusive and admiring of the power of immigration. something happened in the republican party. a semipsychotic break in 2005 for reasons i don't entirely understand. it's been destructive. it has been almost a destructive force. you cannot name a single congressional canndidate who ha benefited from being a harsh immigration restrictionist. not one except for maybe the sheriff in one local race. congressman ran on it in '96, 2004, 2006 and lost. >> so much of this starts at th
bush won 22% more of the vote in 2004 than he won in 2000 in part by upping, not entirely but the hispanic vote went up 10% or 30% based on his base. he was someone who spoke. he didn't get 27% which is what romney got. obviously if romney had got ebb 40% of the hispanic vote he would have won the election. >> and pigs would have begun flying. >> eight years earlier, it's not some miracle or mystery how. he liked them. he spoke spanish. talked about comprehensive immigration reform....
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libya time. 22 minutes later a cia team left for the consulate, but it was another half hour after that, 10:32 p.m., that secretary of defense leon panetta and general martin dempsey were first told of the attack. at 2:53 a.m., some phi hours late -- five hours later, orders were formalized to allow special ops to deploy to benghazi, but as we know for ambassador chris stevens and three other patriots, it was too little, and it was hours too late. the ceo of concerned veterans for america, sir, welcome and thank you first to your service of to this country on veterans day. >> thank you. shannon: how worried should we be? is it normal or not normal that you have a mission under attack, an ambassador personally imperilled, and the defense secretary isn't noted, the joint chief staff not notified for fearly an hour? -- nearly an hour many. >> that is something that should trigger at the very highest levels a series of things to happen. it's not as though the pentagon didn't know about this for 50 minutes. reports have shown that the commander, general hamm, was at the pentagon that day, or
libya time. 22 minutes later a cia team left for the consulate, but it was another half hour after that, 10:32 p.m., that secretary of defense leon panetta and general martin dempsey were first told of the attack. at 2:53 a.m., some phi hours late -- five hours later, orders were formalized to allow special ops to deploy to benghazi, but as we know for ambassador chris stevens and three other patriots, it was too little, and it was hours too late. the ceo of concerned veterans for america, sir,...
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77 percent said it will increase investment jerry 22% say the same. 0 say it would decrease. a tremendous pent-up demand for some sort of resolution. let's go to the third question. are you optimistic or not optimistic about your business prospects over the next year? 1 is optimistic, 2 is not optimistic. senator, all we talked on the phone. you are optimistic there will be a resolution of this. i wonder if you could give us your sense of what would that look like? what constituent parts, what sort of revenue increases and what form? i'm speaking for myself. not as part of any of the group's i have been part of, whether it is bulls simpson or group of six or group of eight. at the end of the day here, we will be in the range of a $5 trillion pacas. i hope we are. i think we are going to have -- we will look back on what has already been done and factor that in. what has been done so far has been on the discretionary spending side of the equation which is less than 20% of the overall budget. so it is critically important we move to entitlements, reforming entitlements, and the
77 percent said it will increase investment jerry 22% say the same. 0 say it would decrease. a tremendous pent-up demand for some sort of resolution. let's go to the third question. are you optimistic or not optimistic about your business prospects over the next year? 1 is optimistic, 2 is not optimistic. senator, all we talked on the phone. you are optimistic there will be a resolution of this. i wonder if you could give us your sense of what would that look like? what constituent parts, what...
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veterans number 22 million. they include over 1.5 million women, almost 9% are african-american. 4.5%, latino and .5% asian american or pacific islander. this poem was quoted in a recent defense memo about not forgetting veterans. it says, take up our quarrel with the foe, to you from failing hands we throw, the torch be yours to hold it high. and to remember the over 41 million veterans who have served the country over 238 years. >> unbelievable. thank you so much, richard lui. our little tribute to veterans. you can never do it enough. that's going to wrap up this hour of "jansing & co." i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. >> good morning. the agenda next hour, who knew what and when about cia director retired general david petraeus' extramarital affair? new insights into the why the storied military leader through in the towel and quit a week before testifying on the hill about the benghazi consulate attack. >>> and america is going kicking and screaming toward the fiscal cliff. can president obama
veterans number 22 million. they include over 1.5 million women, almost 9% are african-american. 4.5%, latino and .5% asian american or pacific islander. this poem was quoted in a recent defense memo about not forgetting veterans. it says, take up our quarrel with the foe, to you from failing hands we throw, the torch be yours to hold it high. and to remember the over 41 million veterans who have served the country over 238 years. >> unbelievable. thank you so much, richard lui. our...
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it's a little of a catch 22. they will catch up eventually, i hope with political will, with but right now acknowledging the problem just floods the va with people who need services. >> so, david, i want to give you the last word from your reporting in this area. where is the va in terms of catching up to the very different foreign policy challenges and returning veterans challenges that we have today. >> ari, i'm going to pull a pivot. i don't want to talk about that. i want to talk about something else, which ties in both the petraeus story and veterans. >> well, we have a rule that if you want a pulitzer, you can completely ignore the host's questions. so you're fine today. >> fair enough. i forge on. the thing that struck me about the petraeus story is the damage that this puts on the troops and veterans. because, look, the military, for the last 10 or 15 years, has emphasized that it's a values-based organization, and the primary value that i hear talked about all the time, particularly in combat among what
it's a little of a catch 22. they will catch up eventually, i hope with political will, with but right now acknowledging the problem just floods the va with people who need services. >> so, david, i want to give you the last word from your reporting in this area. where is the va in terms of catching up to the very different foreign policy challenges and returning veterans challenges that we have today. >> ari, i'm going to pull a pivot. i don't want to talk about that. i want to...
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is that something that may allow him not to shoot for the january 22 date? >> without speaking for secretary clinton or any member of the cabinet, the president appreciates the service of every member of his cabinet. decisions like that reflect the kind of service that these individuals have given over these past four years. i think the president believes secretary clinton has done a superb job. he values her service and advice. he will be grateful for her service up until the day she decides to >> leave greater than to leave? >> if she offers her service, would it be helpful? >> you can be the judge of that. we have a number of issues that we are contending with. the president will engage in a thoughtful process and make personal decisions that need to be made in a timely manner. and when we have decisions to announce, we will announce them. he has a team. a team that has served him and the nation well. he will continue to work with that team. >> [indiscernible] would it be ok if at some point the same sequence of events that he only find out just moments b
is that something that may allow him not to shoot for the january 22 date? >> without speaking for secretary clinton or any member of the cabinet, the president appreciates the service of every member of his cabinet. decisions like that reflect the kind of service that these individuals have given over these past four years. i think the president believes secretary clinton has done a superb job. he values her service and advice. he will be grateful for her service up until the day she...
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is 22% a reasonable goal? that is one way of going about it. the other way is setting a numerical target for spending and taxation. on the tax side, it is easier. you can change the tax law. you cannot change, i do not think you can have a lot of control of spending for 10 years. >> there is an interesting issue in policy. it is extremely difficult to rescind entitlements to which people think they are legally entitled. as you are doing that, you are abrogating contracts of some form. there are all sorts of constituencies under every entitlement program which support it. the issue is taxes can always go up and down. there are not the same political pressures there. i think the issue is fundamentally spending. if we have to pay a high price in raising taxes temporarily in order to get spending down, i think that is a good deal. i do not think you can continuously keep this deficit open. if you raise taxes, we will turn the economy down. if the cost of getting out from under the problem is a moderate recession, i would say it is a cheap price. so
is 22% a reasonable goal? that is one way of going about it. the other way is setting a numerical target for spending and taxation. on the tax side, it is easier. you can change the tax law. you cannot change, i do not think you can have a lot of control of spending for 10 years. >> there is an interesting issue in policy. it is extremely difficult to rescind entitlements to which people think they are legally entitled. as you are doing that, you are abrogating contracts of some form....
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typically we see 22, 23% of companies giving any sort of guidance. to me that says companies are so uncertain they're giving very negative guidance or choosing not to give guidance at all. lori: bottom line are companies preparing for a recession? when you look at earnings reports and break apart the balance sheet and lay out all the different scenarios if the economy slides off the fiscal cliff, cbo warns it could fall back into negative recession, two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth. >> companies are not saying they're lowering guidance for revenues and earnings. we're prepared, it is a difficult climate out there. we're prepared for 2013 to be not as great as expected. lori: christine short, thanks so much for your analysis. that was a great walk in to the interview. nobody does it better. melissa: businesses big and small were complaining before the election about the costs of president obama's health care plan. now that the president has been reelected how will employers be dealing with all this? adam shapiro is covering the sto
typically we see 22, 23% of companies giving any sort of guidance. to me that says companies are so uncertain they're giving very negative guidance or choosing not to give guidance at all. lori: bottom line are companies preparing for a recession? when you look at earnings reports and break apart the balance sheet and lay out all the different scenarios if the economy slides off the fiscal cliff, cbo warns it could fall back into negative recession, two consecutive quarters of negative economic...
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chris: will paul ryan join john boehner, the speaker, in trying to work out a deal? or he will be a rejectionist and set up the big rebel flag and say i'm going to be the die-hard? >> no one knows the answer to that question. that is yet to be seen. paul ryan is in a terrible situation. he can choose to do the right thing or he can decide, you know, he's obviously running for president in 2016, or he can decide to be the holdout and to be the rejectionist. president obama is lucky to have john boehner on the other side that have table because john bainer is not a crazy person. and he can work a deal. right now he simply does not have the votes. but -- again, the president does have to lead here. he has to bring something to the table. he has to be willing to give some that so that john boehner can bring his people to the table, too. but he can deliver. he's been mischaracterized i think. it's convenient for the white house to say, oh, boehner can't get his people behind him. boehner always gets his people behind him but the president has to bring something forward. c
chris: will paul ryan join john boehner, the speaker, in trying to work out a deal? or he will be a rejectionist and set up the big rebel flag and say i'm going to be the die-hard? >> no one knows the answer to that question. that is yet to be seen. paul ryan is in a terrible situation. he can choose to do the right thing or he can decide, you know, he's obviously running for president in 2016, or he can decide to be the holdout and to be the rejectionist. president obama is lucky to have...
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creeding to john boehner's authority, let be john boehner negotiate this deal. all speculation he will not get involved in the same level. certainly he will be briefed and make his opinions known but he's not going to try to tell john boehner you cannot get this through the conference. look at it from a broad perspective, from folks i've spoken to, eric cantor is thinking like this -- general belief and consensus is if the gop wants to get in 2014 that boehner will most likely walk away in 2016. if cantor can be a dutiful lieutenant until then he could until 2016 if the house republicans win with redistricting and the margins they have which looks possible, he could achieve his dream of becoming the first jewish speaker of the house. no reason to try to ascertain and go higher up like he did in 2011 which left a negative impression of him in a lot of folks' opinions. it's going to be interesting to see if he, in fact, does stay back and credes to boehner's authorities. from all the conversation that's what he seems to be doing. >> i love the mixed messages here.
creeding to john boehner's authority, let be john boehner negotiate this deal. all speculation he will not get involved in the same level. certainly he will be briefed and make his opinions known but he's not going to try to tell john boehner you cannot get this through the conference. look at it from a broad perspective, from folks i've spoken to, eric cantor is thinking like this -- general belief and consensus is if the gop wants to get in 2014 that boehner will most likely walk away in...
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we heard a good turn from speaker boehner. we have not seen a particular plan with respect to the other issues -- the approach we believe we should take to health care and medicare is to contain cost in the overall health care system. the per-capita increase in cost in the private health care system is running higher than in the medicare system transferring costs onto individuals and not a stress the fundamental problem. move away from a fee for service system in medicare. that is the better way to go. >> the run ideas past few that have been floating around the hill raising that trigger in terms of higher taxes for those earning a million dollars a year or $500,000 per year. how will that play? how will that play in the democratic caucus? >> people will consider various options. make sure we boost job growth and make sure we put us on a path to long-term sustainable deficit reduction. the issue is what is the revenue to cut? look at the simpson-bowles plan. look at the overall framework. look at the revenue component of how t
we heard a good turn from speaker boehner. we have not seen a particular plan with respect to the other issues -- the approach we believe we should take to health care and medicare is to contain cost in the overall health care system. the per-capita increase in cost in the private health care system is running higher than in the medicare system transferring costs onto individuals and not a stress the fundamental problem. move away from a fee for service system in medicare. that is the better...
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have spoken there was no olive branch, i did this interview with mitch mcconthem week for "wall street journal," republicans said look we'll be flexible on revenues but we're not raising those rates, this is world war i if he goes forward that is not the way to start a second term of presidency, there is already such bad blood it will get worse if the president moves forward with this. neil: maddi, i think that capital gains and drfd dividends are going to go up, but, maddi, i also fear they will push this close totten of the year, and this could blow up on both parties? >> i don't think it will blow up but not i'm booking my tickets home for christmas, we'll push it up for last. we and you this in 2010, when president needed to extend -- and he signed it into law, you are right to worry about capital gains and dividends. we have surtax oncomingp. -- but i think that we have good republicans with good heads on their shoulders who see a rate increase is not going to lap, but we're not going to look at deducts and credits. neil: do you think that cooler heads prevail? steve? i don't see it,y. >>
have spoken there was no olive branch, i did this interview with mitch mcconthem week for "wall street journal," republicans said look we'll be flexible on revenues but we're not raising those rates, this is world war i if he goes forward that is not the way to start a second term of presidency, there is already such bad blood it will get worse if the president moves forward with this. neil: maddi, i think that capital gains and drfd dividends are going to go up, but, maddi, i also...
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>> now boehner we're back to where we were before the election in some respects. there is a significant core of the republican party that simply will not raise taxes under any sixths. they will not raise rates. they still feel that they are pledged to grover norquist, maybe not to the american people. not to the constitution, but to grover norquist. therefore they're not going to go along--even if boehner wants them to go along. both sides the president and democrats on one side, boehner and the republicans are basically maneuvering for bargaining position for what is going to be a long-term negotiation. >> eliot: they're just shadow boxing, i think that's exactly right. i wonder and i'm trying to assess--i have no knowledge of what goes on inside the republican party but i'm trying to discern if boehner has more strength now than he did when this negotiation took place lose yearlastyear. does he have the political strength because his party lost, can he look eric cantor in the eye and other republican leaders in the eye and say we have no choice but to cut a deal
>> now boehner we're back to where we were before the election in some respects. there is a significant core of the republican party that simply will not raise taxes under any sixths. they will not raise rates. they still feel that they are pledged to grover norquist, maybe not to the american people. not to the constitution, but to grover norquist. therefore they're not going to go along--even if boehner wants them to go along. both sides the president and democrats on one side, boehner...
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>> i think the challenge for boehner. it will be a test for john boehner's leadership to find the votes within his caucus, to meet the president and others halfway. he has got to come halfway. certainly the president has got to come halfway. that's what this is about. >> eliot: i agree with you. the president has already gone halfway. i think they'll end up meeting his number. winning in politics brings consequences. new orleans mayor marc moriel. thank you for coming on the program. i'm joined by the one and only congressman barney frank. congressman, thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. for >> eliot: for all the good well and happy talk is there a deal being framed up right now? >> i don't know. i hope there is. we've known there was substantively, but there has to be republicans who understand that sticking with this deficit reduction coming out of domestic programs, and you expand military spending, and you don't increase tax on the wealthy clearly the election said that's not the right way to go. i know the
>> i think the challenge for boehner. it will be a test for john boehner's leadership to find the votes within his caucus, to meet the president and others halfway. he has got to come halfway. certainly the president has got to come halfway. that's what this is about. >> eliot: i agree with you. the president has already gone halfway. i think they'll end up meeting his number. winning in politics brings consequences. new orleans mayor marc moriel. thank you for coming on the...
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the milwaukee journal sentinel reports he lost his hometown of janesville by ten points for congress and 25 points for vice president. well, they do know him best. joining us now from washington, nbc's kelly o'donnell. good afternoon. >> hello, martin. >> paul ryan won his district by his smallest margin to date and the severe austerity he supported does not seem to have won re-election. does he return to congress perhaps with a little less swagger albeit retaining his 6% body fat? >> well, we have had some experience on capitol hill watching those who have lost a big election come back. you had john mccain four years ago, john kerry eight years ago. so it is different because during the weeks after he was put on the romney ticket, there was a lot offed a you'll lation for paul ryan here. it is different now. and he comes back and we expect he'll get his same position as the head of the house budget committee. that requires a special waiver because he's had that job for the maximum amount of time. he's still well-regarded by his republican colleagues and i think you get a sense that
the milwaukee journal sentinel reports he lost his hometown of janesville by ten points for congress and 25 points for vice president. well, they do know him best. joining us now from washington, nbc's kelly o'donnell. good afternoon. >> hello, martin. >> paul ryan won his district by his smallest margin to date and the severe austerity he supported does not seem to have won re-election. does he return to congress perhaps with a little less swagger albeit retaining his 6% body fat?...
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. >> i was going to say, maybe part of it, "the wall street journal" argues today if they get a grand bargain then there's more certainty and the business community that is sitting on trillions of dollars in capital releases some of that hiring begins and so forth. >> not just that. the business community, there are rich people who don't want to see their taxes go up. if you go to people in business, and even on wall street, you talk to them about personal tax rates versus corporate tax rates and the business community, a lot of people would be willing to do -- would be perfectly happy to see individual rates in the business community if it was part of a big package that lowered corporate rates, one of the things that's what simpson-bowles was about and they were -- they would be fine with that and they are, i think, they're looking for if they -- they also want reassurance that tax reform piece which could include rates, rising on the rich, will also include big pieces of deficit reduction. that's what they care about. they want certainty, to be part of a big deal they feel like that
. >> i was going to say, maybe part of it, "the wall street journal" argues today if they get a grand bargain then there's more certainty and the business community that is sitting on trillions of dollars in capital releases some of that hiring begins and so forth. >> not just that. the business community, there are rich people who don't want to see their taxes go up. if you go to people in business, and even on wall street, you talk to them about personal tax rates versus...
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in terms of raising revenue which boehner grew about. if you grew the economy at reagan levels instead of two percent and obama and french levels, just growing faster and do that for a decade, the federal government gets trillions in taxes. we could undo the damage by having higher growth. >> gretchen: that's the difference in ideology. raise it to 3#.9 percent x. replace the alternative minimum tax with the buffet and raise the state tax and long-term capitol gains from 15-20. where do you think that those four points will go in negotiations with the republicans? >> mr. boehner said one thing he's not willing to give up on is maintaining the 35 percent top rate. obama wants 39.6 percent. it is rather significant increase. the obama care tax increase. he takes the tax rate on half of all maul - on small business fall in the higher tax rate of 44 percent and up from 35 percent that. is a body blow to small businesses . obama doesn't care. they are not unionized and don't help him out. we have to protect that part of the country and focus
in terms of raising revenue which boehner grew about. if you grew the economy at reagan levels instead of two percent and obama and french levels, just growing faster and do that for a decade, the federal government gets trillions in taxes. we could undo the damage by having higher growth. >> gretchen: that's the difference in ideology. raise it to 3#.9 percent x. replace the alternative minimum tax with the buffet and raise the state tax and long-term capitol gains from 15-20. where do...
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how much does boehner speak for his conference, by the way? how much leeway does he have to cut a deal that might anger some conservatives? this weekend there were signs of softening among conservatives on the issue of taxes. here is "the weekly standard questions bill kristol sunday. >> it won't kill the country if we raise tax as little bit on millionaires. i don't understand why republicans don't take obama's offer to freeze taxes for everyone below $250,000, make it a million. the republican party is going to defend a bunch of millionaires, half who voted democratic and hatch live in hollywood. >> although tom price who is running to lead the house republican conference said sunday he is open to closing some tax loopholes, he did buck boehner on the issue of health care. >> question, do most house republicans, do you agree with speaker boehner that repeal of obama care with this election, with his re-election, is debt? >> we're not opposed to the president's health care law because of the election. we're opposed because it's bad policy and
how much does boehner speak for his conference, by the way? how much leeway does he have to cut a deal that might anger some conservatives? this weekend there were signs of softening among conservatives on the issue of taxes. here is "the weekly standard questions bill kristol sunday. >> it won't kill the country if we raise tax as little bit on millionaires. i don't understand why republicans don't take obama's offer to freeze taxes for everyone below $250,000, make it a million....
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you probably saw all of the stories today in "the new york times" and "wall street journal." the president is going to take this show on the road. what i'm trying to figure sought this. what is the show he taking on the road? what does obama want? what's inside his head? what -- where is this going on play out? >> well, what you are seeing is somebody who doesn't think the campaign is over. he's running a campaign and you saw his speech. press conference didn't take any questions and he had -- you know, supporters behind him and campaign rally. held at the white house at public expense as his conversation about how he was drawing a line in the sand and was insisting on higher taxes on people who work on saturdays and save and invest and how this would help the economy. people who hope he's going to help you rein nonspending he wants to play to his legacy. his legacy is dramatically expanding the size of government. larry, you may not see that as a good legacy. but he does. he's happy that he made the government bigger and made it so much bigger he's now turned to the american
you probably saw all of the stories today in "the new york times" and "wall street journal." the president is going to take this show on the road. what i'm trying to figure sought this. what is the show he taking on the road? what does obama want? what's inside his head? what -- where is this going on play out? >> well, what you are seeing is somebody who doesn't think the campaign is over. he's running a campaign and you saw his speech. press conference didn't take...
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speaker boehner all recent days been saying all the right things. it's interesting that today the president didn't really move an inch toward the republicans and speaker boehner had some comments that suggested he is not ready to move towards the president. take a listen thrrvettle are ways to put revenue on the table without increasing tax rates. we have talked about this now for over a year. you could -- there is all kinds of information and data out there. but, getting into the specifics of that at this point would not be conducive to trying to come to an agreement with the white house. >> so the bottom line is that neither side has -- president at his news conference today or john boehner in his conference have gotten into the tough specifics about what's going to happen to taxes, what's going to happen in terms of spending cuts to try to get a big debt cut maybe up to $4 trillion to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. the president is having leaders in both parties here at the white house on friday. that's when they should start hashing all this
speaker boehner all recent days been saying all the right things. it's interesting that today the president didn't really move an inch toward the republicans and speaker boehner had some comments that suggested he is not ready to move towards the president. take a listen thrrvettle are ways to put revenue on the table without increasing tax rates. we have talked about this now for over a year. you could -- there is all kinds of information and data out there. but, getting into the specifics of...
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boehner's tone was good. but as i said, when you look inside and say, well, we can rely on dynamic scoring or lowering rates significantly and closing loopholes, when you begin to dissect that, it has some problems. but i am hopeful that with the business community's help and with the president's leadership, we can bring republicans around. because i think in his heart speaker boehner wants to get something done. >> alan? >> you talked about -- [inaudible] do you have a strategy on -- [inaudible] are you trying to do that -- [inaudible] >> let me say on the general thrust of your question, i think most of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle would say the senate needs to be fixed, that there are some real things wrong with it in the way it functions. there are going to be a lot of discussions over the next few weeks about that, but i'm not going to comment on any specifics until we have those discussions with our colleagues. and it needs to be done not just for one particular issue, but in general to get
boehner's tone was good. but as i said, when you look inside and say, well, we can rely on dynamic scoring or lowering rates significantly and closing loopholes, when you begin to dissect that, it has some problems. but i am hopeful that with the business community's help and with the president's leadership, we can bring republicans around. because i think in his heart speaker boehner wants to get something done. >> alan? >> you talked about -- [inaudible] do you have a strategy on...
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i just had to get done. >> i want to read you something that "the wall street journal" wrote. their editorial board wrote the gop should take a deal on budget writing negotiations. if the republicans don't blink and we go over the cliff, from the president's point of view, so what? the president then has a point to blame the republicans. meanwhile, higher tax rates take effect on january 1st anyway and he can negotiate a budget deal negotiation year without having to make any tax recessions. do you think the republicans should take the deal and move on? >> thing is two ways to interpret the results of the most recent election here. one is that americans voted for bipartisanship because they voted for a divided congress. the other is that they voted for gridlock. they voted for a divided congress here in which republicans control the house and in which republicans can act as a check on the democratic agenda. now it suggests strongly that they weren't wholly on board with the republican agenda and they had big problems wit, and that's why they reelected barack obama as president
i just had to get done. >> i want to read you something that "the wall street journal" wrote. their editorial board wrote the gop should take a deal on budget writing negotiations. if the republicans don't blink and we go over the cliff, from the president's point of view, so what? the president then has a point to blame the republicans. meanwhile, higher tax rates take effect on january 1st anyway and he can negotiate a budget deal negotiation year without having to make any...
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today's report is in the latest issue of the journal "pediatrics". rick: patti ann thanks. jenna: new information on the september 11 terror attack in benghazi, libya. that attack where four americans were killed including our ambassador the first time we've seen that since 1979 three hearing are scheduled this week on capitol hill on the attack on the consulate. islamic jihadists says our next guest is eyeing benghazi as a. walid phares, you spent looking at chat rooms and online, what do you mean by benghazi being a model for future attacks? >> well, jenna, this word has been used not by analysts but jihadists themselves. let me give you run-down. we had a disconnect between the washington and film and movie and all that and the actual debate taking place in the chat rooms, salah if i chat rooms hours after attacks. the first discussions were how successful the jihadists were in libya. then the press release came and posted on facebook and discussed in the chat rooms, said ansar al-sharia were the ones who were successful. at the time we said here on the channel, basicall
today's report is in the latest issue of the journal "pediatrics". rick: patti ann thanks. jenna: new information on the september 11 terror attack in benghazi, libya. that attack where four americans were killed including our ambassador the first time we've seen that since 1979 three hearing are scheduled this week on capitol hill on the attack on the consulate. islamic jihadists says our next guest is eyeing benghazi as a. walid phares, you spent looking at chat rooms and online,...